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epiece Y Left: A C-27J Spartan from 35SQN takes off from Walcha Airport during a training mission. Below: FLTLTs Oliver Kersnovski and Gareth Gordon at the controls of the Spartan near Walcha Airport. Photos: CPL Oliver Carter AIR RCEF October 19, 2017 11 Australia’s seventh C-27J Spartan – A34-006 – about to land at RAAF Base Richmond after a milestone journey across the Pacific. Photo: CPL Oliver Carter ver the past 75 years and this will serve to writes “The RAAF Caribou unit assigned to Vietnam was requested by the United States,” FLTLT Jones said. “It was done in a bit of a hurry with some confusion about its command and control. “My nearest engineering supervisor was in Australia. I was 24 years old and very conscious to provide support to the unit.” The spartan-nature of the RTFV’s deployment led its members to take pragmatic steps to resolve its problems. “We sourced our spare parts from the US Army, which had Caribous at the same base as us,” FLTLT Jones said. “Our officers moved to an old French villa, and we bought our own food supplies in town, supplemented by fresh supplies from Butterworth.” The RTFV served as the genesis of 35SQN in Vietnam, which would go on to fly nearly 80,000 sorties (totalling 47,000 hours of flying time) between 1966 and 1972. The squadron’s service in Vietnam was recently recognised with the award of the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm Unit Citation. The Caribou, which had a payload of 32 passengers or 3600kg of cargo, would carry 677,000 passengers and 36 million kilograms of cargo during the deployment. Those accomplishments – and the spirit of ingenuity – will serve to inspire the next generation of 35SQN, according to its CO, WGCDR Jarrod Pendlebury. “Past members have demonstrated the need to bring ingenuity and innovation to what we do,” he said. “Ingenuity has become a bedrock in the way we’ve introduced the C-27J capability, and is a tangible link with those that have come before us.” At the time of the ball, 35SQN had received six C-27J Spartans, and a seventh aircraft was in transit across the Pacific on its delivery flight. This flight was understood to be the first Pacific crossing of the C-27J, and was made possible by 35SQN’s development of the ‘Spartan Lite’ configuration, which has boosted cargo carrying capacity by more than 20 per cent. 35SQN’s IOC was declared in late 2016, and it will relocate to RAAF Base Amberley in early 2019. The Colours for 35SQN are marched into the room during the unit’s 75th anniversary ball. Photo: CPL Kurt Reid